African American dance: a complex history / Thomas F. DeFrantz -- Christian conversion and the challenge of dance / P. Sterling Stuckey -- Dance and identity politics in American Negro vaudeville: The ...
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Chuck Davis, founder of the African American Dance Ensemble, has died. He was 80. “It is with Great sadness, and with the utmost love and respect to the Dancer for Peace, that we announce the ...
Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...
Surveys the history of black dance in America, from its beginnings with the ritual dances of African slaves, through tap and modern dance to break dancing. Includes brief biographies of influential ...
During a drizzly twilight in Tucson, a group of African dancers bundled themselves in sweats and hoods in an overheated UA office. How do they like America so far? “C’est froid!” exclaimed Ariry ...